New year, same social diseases If self-destructive behavior wasn’t contagious before, it sure felt like it during the first, way-too-tragically-eventful week of 2021. A violent…
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Editor’s note: Sacramento region stays in lockdown as county officials plan how to slow the spread The Sacramento region’s ICU situation isn’t as dire as…
Editor’s note: Sacramento County officials say it’s only bookkeeping, but advocates oppose any federal COVID-19 relief money going to the sheriff or probation After the…
Infections are soaring around the region. We all know what comes next. If the past is any indicator, the Sacramento region will soon experience the…
Editor’s note: The City Council is handing out the last of $89 million in federal aid. It’s up to the city auditor to make sure…
Editor’s note: Post pandemic, will Sacramento workers be ready for available jobs? We’re in the middle of the deadliest pandemic in a century, which has…
Editor’s note: Did dissension damage Sacramento public health’s response to COVID-19? The middle of a deadly pandemic is not a good time for infighting among…
Essay: Sacramento’s unhoused are in even more danger from triple-digit temperatures By Faye Lessler and Crystal Sanchez The current heat wave is a reminder that…
Editor’s note: After controversy and confusion, Sacramento County supervisors add $45 million for public health Sacramento County supervisors—with the county under withering criticism for spending…
Editor’s note: While the city is using its federal CARES Act money to help those in need, the county is paying its employees so it…
By Scott Thomas Anderson The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency is working against the clock to try to use federal COVID-19 relief to fix a…